Middle-class and liberal-leaning Edward Clements (as Tom Townsend) befriends the upper eastside Manhattan snob set when he shares a cab to join the group at a party. Becoming a "Sally Fowler Rat Pack" regular, he attracts available Carolyn Farina (as Audrey Rouget) while discussing God, public transportation, and literary criticism with preppy Christopher Eigeman (as Nick Smith) and other Christmas vacationing collegians.
Debuting director Whit Stillman's "Metropolitan" is a intellectually written drama about a a group of late 1970s (?) or early 1980s (?) young adults who seem to be stuck in some earlier, possibly imaginary era. They dress funny for parties, travel without limousines, and "just say no" to the hard stuff (or, cocaine would be readily available at their gatherings). This is a good, ironic, but very particular film; it thrives only in its own world.
****** Metropolitan (1/90) Whit Stillman ~ Edward Clements, Carolyn Farina, Chris Eigeman, Taylor Nichols
Debuting director Whit Stillman's "Metropolitan" is a intellectually written drama about a a group of late 1970s (?) or early 1980s (?) young adults who seem to be stuck in some earlier, possibly imaginary era. They dress funny for parties, travel without limousines, and "just say no" to the hard stuff (or, cocaine would be readily available at their gatherings). This is a good, ironic, but very particular film; it thrives only in its own world.
****** Metropolitan (1/90) Whit Stillman ~ Edward Clements, Carolyn Farina, Chris Eigeman, Taylor Nichols